Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

Slim and Franke

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Monday, November 28, 2011

QOTW 11-28-11 LOOK AGAIN

Question Of The Week 11-28-11

How do you see your day-to-day life?Did Thanksgiving leave your glass feeling half full or half empty? What do you expect through the rest of the holidays? How do you generally look at your life?

27 comments:

Without any one in the family for company this entire holiday week, n not getting to celebrate anything or relax at all- my glass feel completely dry! I did cook a turkey leg, but food doesn't fill my life up. Spending time, even with whiny n wild kids milling about making a mess is certaily preferable! n a ton more fun...My expectations for Xmas are also low...

For the first time ever, Thanksgiving was not held here on the farm. Instead we pulled my son's enclosed aluminum trail to Loveland, CO and moved my fil from his rest home there to one here near us.It was against his will (mostly) and it took a lot of work to load and unload plus we put 160 gallons of gas thru our Denali in just 3 days.Our glass is empty but expect it to refill quickly.

Happy full, of course. But I am sort of not looking forward to Christmas - I wish it could just be about celebrating Christ's birth, the music, lights and festive atmosphere, but I am already getting the "what do you want from Santa?" questions. :) I realize now that I gave a somewhat grumpy sounding reply to an email last night, by saying "I don't want or need anything." But it's true.

Snaggle Tooth – I remember some holidays of my own that were like that. It is tough.

LL Cool Joe – What is a “git”? Sorry you are a miserable one especially when I suspect you are surrounded by so much love.

Cliff – That had to be a depleting ordeal but there is no doubt that your glass will be completely full again soon.

Lynn – “Happy Full” is now a third option plus I think I shall adopt it as my new personal statement on how my life is going. My one sincere gift for Christmas is only to see all my loved ones with “Happy-full” glasses.

Rae – My family members that are gone only serve to make every holiday a little less. Without my parents and grandparents, it falls to us to keep the family traditions alive and none of those traditions were framed around gift-giving. They were always framed around the spirit of Christmas.

Carol – Your smiling face shows that you are a “half-full” kind of gal.

Okay - I chose to make myself see things as half full. I used to be much more negative. My life was negative. I started doing more positive things with the Lord's help and walla! I still get down sometimes, but I am much quicker at getting up!

After my Thanksgiving, it will be a while before I feel half empty. Too much food. But, seriously, every holiday leaves me feeling very full and fulfilled. We're so lucky to have a family that gets along and loves each other, and family members that always manage to be here on holidays.

Lots of wonderful words of wisdom from everyone. I always see my glass as 1/2 empty but this Thanksgiving it was definitely, to quote Lynn, it was "Happy Full". Not sure if it was because of the grandbabies, or the fact that we shared cooking responsibilities so no one got overwhelmed or the fact that the whole family, in laws and out laws included, got along exceptionally well, lol.

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